Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 350 Jinling Fengyue
Strong convective weather flooded the entire Jiangnan area.

The rain is so heavy that it can wash away the sky and the earth.

"There is fraud in it!"

Along with Tang Bo's voice, a gust of wind and rain pushed Shi Qiao's door open.

"Guang Yan is back?"

Shi Qiao hurriedly greeted him: "Didn't Guang Yan go to Cai Guo to buy grain and prepare to sell it to the south of the Yangtze River? It's over so soon?"

Tang Bo didn't care too much, and grabbed Shi Qiao's shoulder.

"I'm waiting!"

Shi Qiao was surprised: "How did it fall into the trap? The transfer of the Tuojiang River should be in July, even if there are refugees, they will go to the north of the Zhengguo River, but what did Guangyan find?"

Regardless of etiquette, Tang Bo grabbed the teacup on Shi Qiao's table and drank it all in one gulp: "Don't blame me for being rude. Bo rushed back from Cai Guo non-stop for the past three days, and he discovered Zheng's plan."

"Come here, serve some good tea! Guang Yan and speak slowly."

"From winter to this spring, there is little snow in the south of the Yangtze River and the north and south of the Yangtze River, but there is no shortage of rain and snow near the sea in Caiguo. Bo went to buy grain in the three northern counties of Caiguo, but found that the price of grain in Caiguo was slightly higher than that of the northern counties in China."

Shi Qiao was surprised: "The grain price in Cai State is so high? Someone remembers that Cai Guogao will have three years of bumper harvests this year, and the land in the three counties can provide grain for no less than [-] shi, but who bought it in advance?"

"That's right! Boben didn't care about it. He just thought that there was someone who wanted to make a fortune ahead of Bob, but he accidentally discovered that the price of food in one place in the south of the Yangtze River was much lower than elsewhere."

"Oh? Where!"

"It is the Hai'an County that was taken away by the Zheng people!"

"No~!" Shi Qiao suddenly stood up, "Where did Hai'an get these grains? Cai Guo! It must be Cai Guo!"

"It's Cai Guo!" Tang Bo said angrily, "Bo spent money and bribed the officials of Cai Guo, and only then did he know that Cai Guo sold 20 shi of grain to Zheng Guo Hai'an County King at a low price. Cai Fearing that Zheng and Wu would not be able to fight each other, they only received [-]% of the deposit from Hai'an County King for the food, and the ordnance worth [-] guan was sold to Hai'an together."

"Men Cai is looking for death!" Shi Qiao was furious, "Can Guangyan find out if there is any other movement from Hai'an County?"

"No, but the difference is that the price of grain in Tuojiang County is falling."

Shi Qiao was startled, is it Tuojiang again?

Counted!
No wonder Zhang Xinzhi would cooperate with him to delay the time, this is to facilitate Hai'an County King to buy people's hearts in Tuojiang County!Return the Tuojiang River to Dawu this year, and the King of Hai'an County will be able to take Tuojiang County back next year.

With this wave of buying people's hearts this year, if there is another disaster in Tuojiang County next year, the people of Tuojiang may bring in the soldiers and horses from Hai'an County by themselves.

"What a poisonous scheme!" Shi Qiao was distracted for a moment, walking back and forth in the room quickly, "Zhang Xinzhi deliberately delayed the time, but he was waiting for Tuojiang Xiashou to apologize just like us. We are here to avoid Refugees, but they use the grain of the Cai people to buy the hearts of the Tuojiang people!"

"I'm going to look for that letter right away, go through the formalities of closing the bill, and let the imperial court ask Zheng Guo to ask for the Tuojiang River immediately! The food for this relief will come from my Shi family! Even if the royal family fears my Shi family, it's better than completely Lose the hearts of the Tuojiang people! If the city is lost, it can be regained, but if the Tuojiang people lose their hearts, even a hundred thousand soldiers and horses will not be able to guard the front line of the Tuojiang River!"

"Bo go with your lord!" Tang Bo didn't care about resting, and went out of the room with Shi Qiao, "Before you go to see that letter, please send someone to send a messenger to Jinling immediately, and ask the queen to tell your majesty to listen. All royal merchants immediately stop transporting goods to Zhaoyang. If Hai’an and Tuojiang are not stable, there will be a battle between the dynasty and the people of Zheng next year, and the business of this enemy must be impossible!”

Wu Huai gave Shi Qiao a document with the seal of Tongzhi. Wu Huai apologized: "Master Shi has been ill for a long time, and my family can't wait. Daqi, Master Tongzhi has already gone to the county to make an inspection tour. However, my master has already prepared the document for the settlement of the contract, and please seal it immediately."

"Hehe," Shi Qiao's eyes are red at the moment, and she thinks she is doing the calculations, but the other party uses the calculations, "Your country is easy to calculate, and in some time, Shi will ask Mr. Zhang for advice!"

Shi Qiao and Tang Bo took the paperwork and left the government office in the rain. Not far away, Tang Bo suddenly made a sound.

"No! Zhang Xinzhi is not in the city!"

"It doesn't matter whether he is deliberately avoiding XX, or there are other things that are really absent. Now the focus is on the east. Is it possible that he will go to the Tuojiang River?" Shi Qiao has already put the words Zhang Xinzhi aside, and his heart is full of thoughts Tuojiang River and Haian.

"No," Tang Bo shook his head and explained, "Wu Huai is Zhang Xinzhi's confidant and the person in charge of the prison. If Zhang Xinzhi really went to the county to watch the embankment, in order to frighten the officials, it is impossible for him not to bring this person with him. Furthermore, Zhang Xinzhi's residence is in Xiushan, but Wu Huai is working in the government office. But now Wu Huai is in charge of the government office, it is clear that Zhang Xinzhi is not in Xiushan, nor in the county."

"Then where will he go?" Shi Qiao was also puzzled, but after thinking about it, he sneered, "A certain guessed his whereabouts, and the many sugar goods are probably starting to be shipped to Jiangbei! It really can only be done if he goes to Jiangbei."

Tang Bo looked back at the Zhaoyang government office in doubt. Did Zhang Xinzhi really go to Jiangbei?

The three messenger knights sent by Shi Qiao left the south gate of Zhaoyang on flying horses, but Zheng Jun did not stop them.

It's just that when the three of them braved the rain and arrived at a forest thirty miles away from Zhaoyang, a tripping rope suddenly appeared across the road, and the three knights were caught off guard and all were tripped off their horses.

Before the three of them had time to get up, more than a dozen big men in coir raincoats rushed out of the forest with knives, and surrounded and killed the three of them in just a few breaths.

The letter that Shi Qiao wrote to her clan sister, Empress Shi, unfolded in Chen Shanhu's hands, and the rainwater wantonly stained the ink on the letter.

Chen Shanhu wiped the rainwater off his face and sneered.

"These three are the dogs of the Shi family. When they harmed my family last year, the Shi family also contributed a lot!"

When he saw what Shi Qiao deduced that there was going to be an accident on the front line of Tuojiang and Hai'an, he couldn't help but smile in surprise.

"This Master Zhang actually hid his hand and did these things in Hai'an and Tuojiang? Tuojiang, my Chen family is too familiar with this place, hehe, with such an opportunity, I can't blame my Chen family for taking a share!"

A few warriors walked up to Chen Shanhu in coir raincoats.

"Third Master, the body has been disposed of! How long are we going to stay here in this horrible weather?"

Chen Shanhu also felt unlucky looking at the rainy day that seemed to have missed the bottom.

"Call another team, let's take turns guarding! Ask everyone to support, after this month, our Chen family will be able to make a name for themselves again." Chen Shanhu turned his head and glanced in the direction of Jinling, "Guess, that lord They should have sneaked into Jinling City, right?"

"Hey, it's almost there! With the way of our Chen family, it's not as easy to send a few freshmen to Jinling as to drink water. I'll go and transfer another team of brothers, and I will definitely not let the news in Zhaoyang City go south. Biography. If that lord loses the wind, we don’t know how many years we will live in the mountains?” The warrior leader beside Chen Shanhu laughed loudly, and began to call everyone to go back to the hidden cave to take shelter from the rain.

Jinling City is the second largest city in the world, second only to Chang'an in population and city size, but it is the most prosperous place in the world.

There are [-] buildings and more than [-] merchants. It is said that the wealth of Jinling can directly cut off the flow of Yanhu Lake.

Along the Yangtze River, it was raining cats and dogs, but Jinling City on the banks of the Qinhuai River (just the same name) was just light rain and pleasant.

After the rain harvested, a rainbow hung in the east of Jinling City.

June has just entered, and it is already the end of summer. After the light rain, the whole city is full of sweltering humidity.

When it was getting late, thousands of lights came on, ladies and charming girls only wore light gauze belts, and carried a trace of fragrant sweat to swim with the city alleys and alleys. The streets were filled with singing and laughing, making Zhang Zhe feel as if Arrived at the scene of a large-scale Hanfu show in modern times.

Geng Liang followed behind Zhang Zhe. In order not to attract attention, he left his big sword in Zhaoyang, and only carried a dagger and a high-pressure swing stick on his body.Wandering in the heart of the enemy country, Zhang Zhe felt that the style of Wu country was more in line with modern times, which made him feel relaxed.

Jinling in this world just follows the name of Jinling recorded in ancient books.

Speaking of the origin of the name of the city of Jinling, eight out of ten Wu people are unwilling to mention it.The people of Wu State have always boasted of their outstanding literary talent and elegance, but it happened that because of the origin of Jinling City, they suffered a great loss from the founding emperor hundreds of years ago.

The emperor was born as a sugar dealer. He was reckless since he was a child, but he loved to be arty. After occupying Jinling, he took ancient books and used the name of Jinling, but when it came to the counties under Jinling City, he used ancient place names such as Yuzhang and Sanwu. .The emperor loved to take place names, but he never cared about the directions represented by ancient place names.Confucian scholars of later generations asked many times to change those embarrassing place names, but the Wu royal family, which prides itself on filial piety, has always refused.

Living in a more relaxed cultural environment than in the north, Zhang Zhe's mentality is not as cautious as before.

Zhang Zhe casually told Geng Liang naughty jokes about Wu Guo, and walked all the way to a brightly lit street.

This street is clearly the residence of a person of high status, and a lantern is raised on the wall every ten steps.The faint lights and the still crimson glow of the sky make the beautiful gardens in the south of the Yangtze River even more charming.

Geng Liang was originally from Wu, and when he saw Langjun joking with him, he also picked up a few jokes from the countryside of Wu to make fun of him.It's just that most of these jokes have a bit of speed.

Originally speaking in Wu dialect, Geng Liang's voice was not low, and a group of girls carrying lanterns from the Wu country who were frolicking by could hear them clearly.Hearing a soft and tender drink, more than a dozen girls surrounded the two of them.

Zhang Zhe was dumbfounded, is Wu Guo's daughter's family so willful?

Surrounding a big man and a scholar, these young girls also blushed slightly, even though they were smiling, they didn't dare to look directly at each other.Until a girl wearing a yellow skirt half arm, revealing most of her snow-white left arm, walked in front of the two with her mouth pouting.

At fourteen or fifteen years old, about the same age as Gu Hanyi, the fourth younger sister in the family, she is not tall yet dressed like a stranger.Gold rings are clasped on the two snowy arms, and the yellow gauze cloak is tied together, and delicate straw sandals are worn on the little white feet.

In the girl's hand, a two-foot green jade stick was aimed at Zhang Zhe's nose.

"Jinling Huang's leader is face to face, and the barbarians from the north are not polite?"

The surrounding girls Qi Qijiao yelled, the imposing manner was so extraordinary that it made people feel stunned for a moment, but the girls couldn't help laughing, and laughed to themselves after shouting, completely eliminating the only bit of seriousness.

The imposing girl, together with the jade stick in her hand, was also stunned, unable to advance or retreat for a while, it seemed that this group of men was too serious.

"A mouth full of vulgar things, is it true that only vulgar people like you come out of the north?"

Zhang Zhe glanced at Geng Liang, who was embarrassed to touch his head, turned his head and said with a smile: "He is from your country of Wu! He is from Jiangnan!"

The girl snorted coldly: "Don't try to quibble, the leader of the gang thinks that the two of you are not spies from the northern kingdom, so you will be arrested without your hands!?"

Geng Liang's face was about to darken immediately, and his hands were about to touch his waist.Fortunately, Zhang Zhe didn't care about this small scene, and the other party was speechless after a few words.

"It's strange. Could it be that your country has already tore up the contract, and you are yelling at us like this. Besides, if Xiao Ke is a spy, why doesn't he hide in a corner to do secret things, but talk casually on the street to attract attention? "

"That's you stupid!"

Seeing that the gang leader was stunned, a girl couldn't help but yelled out, and the group of girls laughed to themselves after hearing this.

"Leader, hurry up! Your sister-in-law is here~!"

An eleven or twelve-year-old girl rushed over from the corner in front. She was overjoyed when she saw these girls, and she didn't forget to call the police immediately.

"Boss Huang" heard that his sister-in-law was here, screamed in surprise, and led a group of young girls to escape from the other side of the street as if flying.Pity the "shortest-legged" reporter who just rushed to the scene, and was left alone without breathing.

The little girl glanced at Zhang Zhe and Geng Liang, was also startled, and hurriedly chased after her companions in the direction they were fleeing.

"Yinger~~!"

An anxious and worried voice came from the corner, and a woman hurried over from the corner. Several maids around her kept supporting her, but she stretched out her hand and pushed her away.

In the corner area, the lights were the brightest. When Zhang Zhe and Geng Liang saw this lady for the first time, they both secretly said the word "beauty" in their hearts.

This woman is about [-] years old, with an extremely delicate melon-seeded face, two thin eyebrows full of melancholy, her body is like a weak willow, there is no trace of makeup on her face, but the simple cloud temples are dotted with white spots Rhododendron actually has filial piety.Looking at the azalea made of white brocade, it turns out that this is a widow.

The lady had only walked about ten steps, and she was panting coquettishly, so she had to support the servant girl to rest for a while.

From Zhang Zhe's point of view, even if Xizi holds his heart in his arms, that's the case.

This lady came over after listening to the voice. After seeing Zhang Zhe's master and servant, she knew that her sister-in-law was the one who made things difficult for these two.She had no choice but to ask the nanny beside her to go forward and apologize for her sister-in-law, but she saw some clues from Zhang Zhe's standing posture.

"Mother, wait a moment, but this one has an official air, speak carefully."

Mammy stepped forward to apologize for the girl in the family, Zhang Zhe politely replied that it didn't matter, but it was recognized as Jiangbei's accent.

"It's actually an official from Jiangbei?"

Mammy covered her mouth in surprise, and apologetically helped the lady to continue chasing the girl at home.

But they hadn't gone far when they heard a faint sigh in Jiangbei's accent behind them.

"Calmness is like a delicate flower shining in the water, and action is like a weak willow supporting the wind. The heart has one more opening than the dry, and the sick and weak Xizi wins by three points."

"Irreverent~!"

"That's all~!" The lady gritted her teeth and pulled the nurse beside her, "Finding Ying'er is the business."

Zhang Zhe couldn't help saying that the few words Cao Gong described about Sister Lin were actually just a quick talk.

Unknowingly molesting the widow, Zhang Zhe secretly woke up, walked a few steps quickly, but remembered the beautiful wife at home.In terms of female sex, Meng Xiaowan's threats have always been elegant and unique.When Zhang Zhe left Beijing, Meng Xiaowan sang Zhuo Wenjun's "Baitou Yin" three times in his arms.

The tune was still very elegant and modern.

"It's as white as snow on the mountain, and as bright as the moon between the clouds. I heard that you have two opinions, so you will never come here~~." Zhang Zhe took Geng Liang and sang away, but almost exploded the lady's mother.

"Yunru, this person clearly knows your identity, and dares to use this song to humiliate you, Mammy will never end with him!"

But the lady was dumbfounded for a moment.Her husband was bewitched by famous prostitutes before he was alive, and she sang this song to ask for a divorce to make her husband turn around, but the sky failed, and within a month, her husband died of illness, and everyone laughed at her secretly.

It's just that this person's tune is so poignant and beautiful that I've never heard it before.

(End of this chapter)